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Biden unveils plan for Supreme Court changes, says U.S. stands at ‘breach’ as public confidence sinks

By AAMER MADHANI
Jul 29, 2024 6:54 am - President Joe Biden is unveiling a long-awaited proposal for changes at the U.S. Supreme Court, calling on Congress to establish term limits and an ethics code for the court's nine justices. He also is pressing lawmakers to ratify a constitutional amendment that would limit presidential immunity.
‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ debuts at $205 million, shattering R-rated record and becoming 8th biggest opening of all time

Jul 28, 2024 2:55 pm - Marvel is back on top with “Deadpool and Wolverine.” The comic-book movie made a staggering $205 million in its first weekend in North American theaters, according to studio estimates Sunday.
Simone Biles shakes off calf injury to dominate during Olympic gymnastics qualifying

By WILL GRAVES
Jul 28, 2024 2:37 pm - PARIS (AP) — The similarities were striking. Maybe fitting in the birthplace of déjà vu. Simone Biles sitting off to the side at the Olympics. USA Gymnastics team doc...
Thousands battle Western wildfires as smoke puts millions under air quality alerts

By NIC COURY and OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ
Jul 28, 2024 2:36 pm - FOREST RANCH, Calif. (AP) — Wildfires across the western United States and Canada put millions of people under air quality alerts Sunday as thousands of firefighters batt...
Wind power can be a major source of tax revenue, but officials struggle to get communities on board

By MELINA WALLING and MARY KATHERINE WILDEMAN
Jul 28, 2024 6:00 am - PIPER CITY, Ill. — In Scott Saffer's science classroom, kids bake cookies in a decked-out kitchen, care for fish, turtles and a snake, and have access to a workshop full ...
Wind farms' benefits to communities can be slow or complex, leading to opposition and misinformation

By MARY KATHERINE WILDEMAN and MELINA WALLING
Jul 28, 2024 6:00 am - After NextEra proposed a wind farm in Greeley County, Nebraska two years ago, Robert Bernt, a dairy farm owner in the area, helped to mobilize community members against t...
Firefighters get some help from cooler temperatures after California’s largest wildfire explodes

By NIC COURY and OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ
Jul 27, 2024 8:25 pm - FOREST RANCH, Calif. — Thousands of firefighters battling a wildfire in Northern California received some help from the weather Saturday hours after it exploded in size, ...
An exonerated man was ‘50 feet from freedom.’ Then a court stopped him.

By Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff
Jul 27, 2024 8:23 pm - Christopher Dunn was steps away from freedom. He was wearing civilian clothes picked out months before: a sage green button-down, a blazer, and a green and blue tie that ...
In a show of growing ties, Russian warships make a new visit to Cuban waters

Associated Press
Jul 27, 2024 8:22 pm - HAVANA — Three Russian warships arrived in Cuban waters on Saturday, Moscow's second such maritime voyage in as many months in a reflection of deepening ties between Russ...
4 hottest days ever observed raise fears of a planet nearing ‘tipping points’

By Sarah Kaplan
Jul 27, 2024 8:21 pm - As global temperatures spiked to their highest levels in recorded history on Monday, ambulances were screaming through the streets of Tokyo, carrying scores of people who...

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